6T-FinSeeker Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 For sale on Craigslist: 1963 Mercury Meteor 4-door Station Wagon in Onalaska, WA - $8,000 - No phone # provided. Reply to Seller through Craigslist's email to: e66dd95340d139bc915c8467f3929ea5@sale.craigslist.org Link: https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/d/onalaska-1963-mercury-meteor/7386022131.html Seller's Description: 1963 Mercury Meteor 4-door Station Wagon condition: fair odometer: 100,000 cylinders: 8 cylinders transmission: automatic title status: clean Bought from the orginal owner. Plastic still on the backseat and visors. Original V-8 motor. New battery and brakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) The Standard Catalogue of American Cars; 1946-1975, edited by John Gunnell 1963 Mercury Meteor 4dr station wagon 6pass, style 38, 2,359 built. Meteor Custom 4dr station wagon 6pass, style 48, 3,636 built. Meteor Custom 4dr Country Cruiser 6pass, style 49, 1,485 built. Edited September 28, 2021 by 58L-Y8 underline book title (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I was looking at this and thinking it was a rare car. Then I saw Steve's production numbers above. I knew it was a rarity now; evidently when new, also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 42 minutes ago, John_S_in_Penna said: I was looking at this and thinking it was a rare car. Then I saw Steve's production numbers above. I knew it was a rarity now; evidently when new, also. John_S_in_Penna: The only place to see one of these 1963-only Meteor station wagons is on re-runs of The Andy Griffith Show plying the streets of Mayberry. Its a '63 Country Cruiser, the top-line model with the fake wood-trimmed side panels. Otherwise, these have vanished into thin air. This one isn't a sole survivor but any more than a handful would be surprising, these generally were run into the ground as used cars. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron65 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 That is super cool, although finding specific parts must be a nightmare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I like seeing those "WASH 63" license plates. They were on everything December, 1965 or older from 1963 until the 90s unless the plates got changed for some reason. They were usable as regular yearly plates until 2000, so we Washingtonians got very used to looking at them. You can use them as YOMs now, and I suppose those could be from Ebay or something, but if it was off the road even for a year or two there is a strong possibility that those license plates could be original to the car. The seller says he got the car from the original owner. The "FB" prefix means the car came from Whatcom County (Bellingham area) if the plates are original. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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